04. Performative Landscapes

IC Advanced architectural design studio | Politecnico di Milano 2021/22

Prof.: K. Sejima (SANAA), J. Elding Group: B. Tardini, A. Tidu

Inujima was said to be a pirates’den, its name literally translates to “Dog Island”, for a dog-shaped rock on the neighboring Inunoshima island, now wordshipped as Inuishi Sama”. Another local deity, protecting the quarries and those involved in it, is worshipped at the Yama Jinja Shrine. Though small, Inujima island packs a rich complexity in the form of history and landscape variety: the granite extraction activity in the 1600s, fundamental in economic and historical relevance that has deeply shaped the island and its conformation.

The design is characterized by its organic shapes that invite the visitor inside following the natural contours of the island. Formally and architecturally divided into two shapes, the pavilion hosts many different functions. Under the bigger roof the space is studded by independent enclosed spaces, that inside their organic shapes collect workshops and more relaxed spaces for the community to gather and enjoy the product of their labour.

Architectural design studio | Politecnico di Milano 2021/22

Prof.: C. Muro, C. Merlini Group: L. Anghinoni, G. Di Loreto, M. Tamburro, E. Putortì

Being our project conceptually constituted by a single mass, one of the questions that posed this choice, it was to find an effective alternative that would allow not to decompose this unity from the outside, but that, at the same time, allow homes to receive the necessary air and light exchange.

This type of work has raised questions about the possibility of thinking about new ways of living, highlighting, given the current conditions, also the importance of the presence of open spaces within their home.

The answer we propose, therefore, comes from the suggestion provided by Ayomonino himself and the idea of emptying this full, through the creation of small apartments structured around small private internal kiosks, it seemed to us to be in line with our design proposal. We have, therefore, chosen to insert 3 different types of residence at court.

Architectural design studio | Politecnico di Milano 2020/21

Prof.: F. Orsini, M. Pastore Group: E. Putortì

By 2050, the world’s population will be concentrated in large cities, and a of the most relevant issues concerns food supply in terms in relative terms, by increasing the production and distribution capacity at locations of maximum concentration of people.

The recent Covid-19 pandemic has shown the fragility of the system, both from production, distribution, both wide and small scale: blocked logistics resulting in lack of first-class goods need, few capillary points of supply, often with very high prices superiors.

Moreover with regard to the objectives of sustainable development proposed by the Nations United, the Laboratory aims to meet certain specific requirements such as: implement “green” ecological sustainability and resilience of cities, transform the production systems and reducing emissions from the agri-food sector, democratise the system of access to climate risk information, this project wants to show how to design a “vertical farming”.